Titan Book Signing Event

I am very pleased to announce that I will be at the Kelowna Christmas Show December 13th & 14th at Prospera Place!

I am hoping to have other merchandise available beyond just the books themselves. I hope to have posters, trading cards, and perhaps even T-shirts available at my booth. This event should prove to be a very interesting testing ground to see how I can market and sell the Titan brand product.

I have always enjoyed doing school presentations and book store events, but those can be great to get the word out but sometimes challenging to sell at. At an event like this people are looking to purchase and I have high hopes on how things turn out.

self vs. traditional publishing

I have accomplished a great deal with the Titan books so far. Maybe not more than I ever dreamed (I can dream quite a lot), but definitely more than I thought I realistically could. From getting the books in bookstores to doing book signing events to school event and having them in libraries and having saes in the thousands I have been able to do so much and I am immensely proud. I do feel though that I am at a bit of a crossroads. As much as I want t be an indie author I feel it is a very difficult road when dealing with young readers, mine being mainly the 9-12 demo. Should I delve into the waters of traditional publishing? of course assuming I could find a publisher for Titan. What would I lose? What would I gain? I will be pondering this as I write Titan 3

Titan Book Signing Event

I am pleased to announce that I will be doing an in store book signing event at Mosaic Books in downtown Kelowna BC Saturday June 21st from 1pm-3pm. This is where I did my first ever book signing two years ago for Titan: The Midnight Hour. The staff and customers were great that time and the event was a smash. We'll see if I can catch lightning in a bottle twice!

School Event Recap

I would like to thank the students and faculty of Bankhead Elementary for having me back on May 13th to speak with them about the Titan books, writing, and publishing. It was great to see students of my target demographic engage and respond to the books and the series. The questions the students had were great and I was left very pumped up and energised with the series after leaving the school. Not only is it wonderful and the best way for me to reach my target audience, I still remember having those dreams of writing stories when I was young and there were no guides or instructions on how to accomplish this goal. So, it is awesome to speak with kids and show them what I found and how I went through it and be able to show them how they too can do it. With any of the school events I have done there is always a couple students who also seem to share those dreams of writing and hopefully I can help give them the encouragement that if I did so can they. Thank You again everyone at Bankhead, I had a great time!

Titan 3 Cover

Here is Jena's initial cover for Titan 3: Shadow Games! There is an evil Titan doppelganger lurking in the pages of this book forcing Titan to face a villain that is his equal in power and strength, who is he and is Titan ready for the challenge?

The Support Team

The character of Grandpa Dale is based from three prominent male role models I had in my life. They are my Dad Tom, my grandfather Dale (also, obviously named after), and great grandfather Ross (who was also blind). These three taught me so much and leave me with something aspiring to become everyday. Dale Novak may be blind but he doesn't need his eyes to see the person his grandson is or the world around him. Others may have a hard time differentiating between the people Michael and Vince are but Grandpa Dale never does. he is also able to understand the root of the pain that causes Vince to be the bully that he is. he clearly wants to help Vince work past that and to be happy. he is a constant pillar of strength for Michael. He instills in Michael his sense of, loyalty, truth, and knowledge of right and wrong.  

 Reporter Vicki Earnhardt and police chief Thomas Ross (also named for my Dad) represent the connection to the larger world for Michael/Titan. they both are able to judge him as complete outsiders, questioning his motives and his actions. He knows he must make allies out of both to truly be successful in Delta City. the question is will he? he is also able to learn from them as well. We already know from "The Midnight Hour" what he was able to learn  from Vicki and how he was able to benefit. Chief Ross will be a harder sell. In "City Under Siege" the force of Dr. Melodian will pull these two together, but what will happen in the end? 

Damsel Not So In Distress

Obviously, Carly in the Titan books is named for my muse, my wife Carly. She is the one who pushed me to start writing and now I have and achieved more than I ever thought possible. So when it came to naming her and visualising her, there was really only one option. 

For the Carly in the books, well, My protagonist needed a love interest. I did not want her to be the typical damsel in distress either. sure, she starts that way in "The Midnight Hour", but by the end of the book she is right there helping Michael with his plan for Mr. Midnight and also aiding him from the sidelines and putting herself in danger as well. Which, in my opinion, makes her the bravest in the story. She doesn't even have any powers! There will be plenty more from Carly in the subsequent books of course. In the new book she takes on major new roles by the end of the story. I also want to fully explore the challenge I could only imagine would exist in trying to date a superhero. This starts big time in "City Under Siege".